<TITLE>15. Par -</TITLE>L-23-3 He give him the best answer any man could, said, "Come, see for yourself." Now, on the road around, I can hear Nathanael say--or Philip say to Nathanael, "You know what, you remember that old fisherman down there that couldn't even sign that receipt when you give him that--bought them fish from him?"
"Yes."
"I believe his name was Simon."
"Yes, that's it."
"I brought him the other day up in front of that Messiah, and as soon as He seen him, He said, 'Your name's Simon. Your father's name is Jonas.' And it wouldn't surprise me but when you come before Him, He wouldn't tell you who you were."
He said, "Aw, now, wait a minute, not me."

L-24-1 So the next day they arrived, and Jesus was in the prayer line, as usual, praying for the sick. And when... He could've come up and got out into the audience. Jesus looked up, and He seen Philip coming bringing a man up through the aisle, and He looked at him, and He said, "Behold, an Israelite in whom there is no guile."
That a strange doctrine? That was Jesus yesterday. That's Jesus today if He's the same. And that man stopped. I can see Nathanael--Philip nudge him, and say, "What'd I tell you? What'd I tell you?"

L-24-3 He said, "Rabbi... (Means 'teacher,' whatever we call it today you know. Really the right Hebrew word means teacher.)," said, "Rabbi, when did You ever see me? How do You know anything about me? I never seen You in my life. How do You know that I am an Israelite? How do You know that I'm just and honest and truthful? You've never seen me in Your life. How do You know me?"
He said, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the tree, I saw you," thirty miles around the mountain, the day before; what eyes.
Now, what did he say? He said, "Rabbi, You are the Son of God. You are the King of Israel."

L-24-6 If the Jews recognized that... Now, wait, that was the elected Jew. How many believes in election? Oh, there's many people will never receive it. See? The Bible said so. But that man had the Spirit of God in him; and he confessed and said, "Rabbi, You're the Son of God; You're the King of Israel."
But there stood the theologians of that day, the priests and the great teachers listening at Him, and you know what they said? They said, "He's a fortuneteller. He's got the spirit of Beelzebub on Him."
Jesus... They never spoke it out loud. No, no; but Jesus turned and looked at them. He said, "You can call Me that and get by with it, but there come a time that when the Holy Ghost will come, and when you speak one word against Him doing the same thing, it'll never be forgiven in this world or the world to come." So then, what are we dealing with?

L-25-1 That was the Jews. The real true and honest Jews believed Him to be the Messiah. The teachers and theologians, what were they? The seed of the serpent, as we went through. He said, "You are of your father, the devil." Yet they were smart, brilliant, holy men. They wouldn't move a straw: holy. They wouldn't break the Sabbath; they wouldn't eat no meat. They were holy man, but they failed to see... See, they had been trained by man. God trains His men rugged. That's right, God-called men.


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